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mouthpiece

/ˈmaʊθˌpiːs/noun

mouthpiece is spelled M-O-U-T-H-P-I-E-C-E: 10 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mouthpiece means “The part of a telephone that is held close to the mouth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mouthpiece is mouthpieces.

How many letters and syllables are in mouthpiece?

Letters10: M-O-U-T-H-P-I-E-C-E
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing1.3 times per million words; the 24,745th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is mouthpiece?

Mouthpiece appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce mouthpiece?

  • /ˈmaʊθˌpiːs/

Mouthpiece has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-mouthpiece.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of mouthpiece

  • mouthpieces plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does mouthpiece mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    The part of a telephone that is held close to the mouth.

  2. 2

    The part of a wind instrument that is held in or against the mouth.

  3. 3

    A bit.

  4. 4

    A mouthguard.

  5. 5

    A spokesman; one who speaks on behalf of someone else.

    The novel's protagonist serves as a mouthpiece for the author's political views.

  6. 6

    slangA lawyer for the defense.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Mouthpiece in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchmicrophone, micro (part of a telephone), embouchure (part of a wind instrument), porte-parole, porte-paroles (spokesman who speaks on behalf of someone else)
GermanSprechmuschel, Sprechkapsel (part of a telephone), Mundstück (part of a wind instrument), Sprachrohr (spokesman who speaks on behalf of someone else)
Spanishmicrófono (part of a telephone), boquilla, embocadura, bocal (part of a wind instrument), portavoz (spokesman who speaks on behalf of someone else)
Portuguesebocal (part of a wind instrument), porta-voz (spokesman who speaks on behalf of someone else)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does mouthpiece come from?

From mouth + piece.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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